🚀 New #release · hermes-agent v2026.8.3
Hermes Agent v0.20.0 (v2026.8.3)
Release Date: August 3, 2026
Since v0.19.0: ~3,650 commits · ~1,400 merged PRs · ~5,200 files changed · ~559,000 insertions · ~405,000 deletions · ~1,200 issues closed · 650+ contributors
The Herald Release. Hermes is the herald of the gods, and this release makes him one in earnest: he speaks (real-time conversational voice with streaming TTS, barge-in, on-device wake words, and hands-free control across the CLI, desktop, and every audio-capable gateway platform), he carries word to other agents (A2A v1.0), he announces events to your systems (signed outbound webhooks), and he cites his sources (grounded research with verifiable citations and fact-checking). Around that spine: the desktop app became a platform (artifacts with live preview, a plugin SDK, quick-entry from anywhere, multiple windows), the CLI got a wave of power commands (! shell mode, /init, /diff, /context, /focus), compression got smarter and gentler, and the tools themselves now recover from their own failures instead of making the model guess. This release rolls up everything from the v0.19.1 infrastructure patch tag — that window is fully documented here.
✨ Highlights
Self-host it yourself →
Self-host hermes-agent with Docker — install guide · selfhost.directory
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